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BoM weather records tumble in hot, dry 2018

Ripe cereals downgraded by late rains

Taking Stock – January 17 | VIDEO

Water rebates passed for Far West NSW

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Ripe cereals downgraded by late rains

RAIN late last year has put a dampener on the end of Kangaroo Island’s harvest.

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Bells toll on great SE harvest

Many cropping areas have done it tough but Lower South East growers such as Tom Bell have enjoyed a "double whammy" of excellent yields and high prices. They hope to be finished harvest within a week.

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Workshop aims to maximise herbicide performance

ADVISORS and growers can increase their understanding of how herbicides work to maximise their performance on-farm

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Shutdown stops USDA data

US grain futures markets are now running without the benefit of USDA data.

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Animals Australia under siege

Activists quiet as live export 'payment for footage' scandal plays out.

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Strong signals from new livestock pricing app

In the first month a free app, LIVEstock Pricing, which gives producers access to a big range of spot and forward livestock prices in one location has had more than 1000 farmers sign up.

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Hay donations help halt destocking process

After spending $50,000 on feed since August, receiving hay through the Buy a Bale program has helped Karl Zerner avoid further destocking his Eudunda property.

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Live-ex producers demand answers on staged footage claims

Producer groups want inquiry into Animals Australia.

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Expo set for Mundulla

The Mundulla Show could be set for a big influx of people through its gates with the return of its prime lamb competition along with a new Livestock Innovation Expo.

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Animals Australia live ex campaign spend tops $4.4m

If spending is anything to go by, live exporters and those who supply or gain their income from the trade may need to commit to funding a campaign to save the industry.

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Wool market off to solid start | Elders

A jump of 25-50 cents for most Merino fleece types on the first day provided a positive start to trading.

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Maintaining China’s desire for Aussie wool

Advertiser content: Trade between China and Australia is fundamental for the Australian wool industry. In 2018, AWI has marked more than half a century of a cross-cultural partnership between Australia and China – spanning trade through to design.

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Combating invasive species

Advertiser content: The Centre for Invasive Species Solution has launched 21 projects to combat key invasive species problems. Supported by AWI, government departments, research institutions and other RDCs, the centre is a national collaborative research, development and extension (RD&E) organisation formed to tackle the ongoing threat from invasive species, such as wild dogs, foxes, rabbits, wild pigs and feral deer.

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Learn about wool

Advertiser content: Easy Drench, the on-farm concept pitched by a team from the University of Tasmania has won the 2018 Australian eChallenge Wool Innovation.

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Brett’s reluctant top heifer sale

Brett Linke, Mount Napier, Hamilton quit his entire drop of 150 heifers after serious thinking

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PTIC Angus heifers hit $2070 at Naracoorte

LOCAL buyers made the most of the chance to upgrade their herds at good value at the Naracoorte feature female sale on Thursday.

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Live exporters want the truth on footage payments

Whistleblower arrangements need to be transparent: ALEC

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PTIC females to $1810 at Mt Pleasant

A dispersal of PTIC second and third-calvers sold for an impressive $1810 at Mount Pleasant yesterday.

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Farmers’ faces highlighted in new book

A NEWLY-released book is helping shake up the stereotypical image of farming

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Draft dairy code released for comment

A DRAFT mandatory dairy code of conduct has been released today, following consultation across all eight dairy regions last year.

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Jersey breed launches new look

THE Jersey breed is sharing the news about its qualities in a new campaign and logo launched ahead of International Dairy Week.

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Dairy sector looks to pricing mechanism

THE past 12 months have seen some progress on major issues affecting the dairy industry, albeit not as smoothly as the sector would have liked

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Learning from crisis

The dairy industry must take seriously the lessons learned from the 2016 milk crisis so that it can genuinely rebuild trust between farmers and processors.

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Drought frying Farm Pride egg revenue

Drought and over-supply hit Farm Pride Foods.

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Huge station bought by Aussie farmers

One of the world’s biggest stations has been purchased by Australian beef cattle farmers.

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Wesfarmer to gain $2.1b from Coles spinoff

'Wesfarmers enters the new calendar year with a strong balance sheet.'

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Shutdown stops USDA data

US grain futures markets are now running without the benefit of USDA data.

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Taking Stock – January 17 | VIDEO

Stock Journal's Alisha Fodgen and Jacinta Rose discuss what's making news this week, including Royal Adelaide Show schedule changes, the latest harvest tallies and hay price predictions.

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You will never unsee two deadly funnel web spiders having sex

It's Australia's only funnel web milking program.

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Market Chat – January 14

Check out what has been happening across the state's livestock markets.

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Flashback Friday – June 1985

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Taking Stock – January 17 | VIDEO

Stock Journal's Alisha Fodgen and Jacinta Rose discuss what's making news this week, including Royal Adelaide Show schedule changes, the latest harvest tallies and hay price predictions.

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Dairyfarmers learn about crop options | PHOTOS

DAIRYFARMERS and advisors got some insight into new crop options as part of a field day along the River Murray Flats

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You will never unsee two deadly funnel web spiders having sex

It's Australia's only funnel web milking program.

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Market Chat – January 14

Check out what has been happening across the state's livestock markets.

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Opinion

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Nationals must learn from Broad situation

The National Party needs to learn lessons from the Andrew Broad scandal if it wants to retain its share of the vote in rural Australia.

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Tough year illustrates need for water reform

For those living in the northern Murray-Darling Basin and along the Darling River, drought is a harsh reality they are living every day, MDBA chief Phillip Glyde says.

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Nats need to learn lessons from Broad scandal

The National Party needs to learn lessons from the Andrew Broad scandal if it wants to retain its share of the vote in rural Australia.

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Huge station bought by Aussie farmers

One of the world’s biggest stations has been purchased by Australian beef cattle farmers.

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CPC sells three stations in NT and WA

Consolidated Pastoral Company sells three neighbouring stations to investment group Clean Agriculture and International Tourism.

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Boom for SA ag land

RURAL property sales have enjoyed a bumper year, with plenty of multi-million dollar properties changing hands and dollar a hectare district records tumbling, defying the dry season in many areas.

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Machinery

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The secret tales of vintage machinery

Vintage machinery has a fascinating backstory if you care to investigate.

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The machines that developed our cropping industry

They may seem small and cumbersome to our eyes today, but the tractors of the first half of the 20th century set up our cropping sector.

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The machinery driving farming forward

From the hoe to the combustion engine, machinery has driven agriculture forward.

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Tractors trend down

The 2018 tractor and machinery association sales results

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Steiger was built by farmers, for farmers

Celebrating 60 years since the Steiger was first manufactured.

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Novel sprayer for strawberries

Silvan airboom designed for strawberries

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Rounding up hay quality

Massey Ferguson round baler 3130F launched

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Hatz celebrates 35 years of operation

Hatz Diesel 35 years in Australia

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